Wire-stretcher.



F. HEILOS.

WIRE STRETGHER.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.1, 1913.

1,101,797. Patented June 30,1914.

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" ED stares FRANK HEILOS 0F PARIS ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR oF'ons-nALr-T'on. A; ZIMMEB,

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WIRE-STRETCHER.

Specification of ilettersfatent. Patented J 1111; 3Q, 1914;

Application filed December 1,1913. -Seri aI No. 804,003.

To all whomit may concern Be it known that I, FRANK Hnrnos, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paris,,in the county of Logan, State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVire-Stretchers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as'will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in wire stretchers' One object of the invention is to provide a simple device of this character by means of which single wires, woven wire, or barbed wire may be stretched from post to post or slack taken up midway of the length of the wire.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of the improved wire stretching tool. Fig. 2 is an edge view of one of the bars forming a part of the invention. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the portions of the tool in operation when taking up slack in a wire.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, A and B represent, respectively, two bars which form parts of the wire stretcher. Each of the bars has a cut away portion at its outer end which results in a shoulder 10, this shoulder having a curved and serrated face. Pivoted in the cut away portions of the bars are the jaw members 11 and 11 each of which has an oppositely curved and serrated face 12disposed adjacent the face of the shoulder 10. The faces of the shoulders and jaws are arranged eccentrically with respect to each other, and cooperate to clamp a fence wire therebetween, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 4. The outer end of the jaw member 11 is provided with a hook 13 on which is ELI'".

ried by the outer end of the jaw member 11.

Between the hook 13 and the pivot point of the member 11 is pivotally mounted a loop 16, and engaged in the loop, is one link of a second chain 17. The chain 17 extends to the jaw member 11 where another one of its links is engaged on a book 18 carried by the said jaw member 11. At the opposite end of each of the shanks of the members A and B, is a hook, 19, a chain 20 being arranged to be engaged thereon to hold the shanks in proper operative position when a wire is stretched between the clamps.

lVhen. the device is to be used to stretch a single'wire, the chain 17 is disengaged from the member B and the chain 14 disengaged from the member A. The member A is then used alone. The chain 17 is then passed arounda post, the outer end .of the chain being engaged with the hook 13 and the mem-- her A. The fence wire is then engaged between the jaws of the member; By rocking the member A on the fence post as a pivot, the jaws will grip the wire and draw the same into taut condition. It will of course be understood that the member B may be used alone and operated in the same manner as the member hen the device is used to take up slack between the posts, both of the members A and B are used, the chains be ng then engaged as shown in Fig. 1. The fence wire is passed between the serrated faces of the shoulders 10 and the jaw members 11 and 11 and by drawing the shanks of the members A and B together, the fence wire will be drawn from both adjacent posts, so that a loop will be formed between the members, as shown at 21 in Figs; 1 and 4:. It will be noted that the chain at the outer ends of the jaw membersll and 11 holds the said members rigidly in position, and forms the fulcrums of the levers. The chain 20 holds the shanks together so that the loop 21 can be twisted or the wire cut and spliced at this point.

What is claimed is: p

In a wire stretcher, a pair of lever mem'- bers each having a curved shoulder provided with a serrated face, a member eccentrically pivoted on each of the lever members and provided with a curved serrated face for Wire gripping cooperation with the serrated In testimony whereof affix my signature face of the lever member, hooks earned by m the presence of two wltnesses.

the ivoted members, and chains extending betw een the pivoted members and adjust- FRANK HEILOS I ably engaged with the hooks for spacing the Witnesses:

members apart and forming the fulcrums of W. R. CHERRY,

the lever members. LEWIS C. SADLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

